.gif Animation Help Needed!

UnknownUnknown Join Date: 1970-01-01 Member:
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<div class="IPBDescription">Supah fast please.</div> Alright, I made myself a decent looking avatar and sig, but the speed is a little too slow, makes it look sorta...jerky. I'd like to speed it up, but I can't get any faster with ImageReady. Help?
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  • TalesinTalesin Our own little well of hate Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7710NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators
    edited June 2004
    Step one. Make sure your sig isn't over the limit before posting it.
    Step two. Look into blur-blends. Essentially make a fake 'motion blur' of the motion of your sig. It'll take up fewer frames and look smoother at the same time.
    Step three. Try animating a small portion of the sig, rather than the entire thing. This will cut down on filesize, increase redraw speed (which can be altered with WAIT tags in an animGIF by the way, which can be changed in a decent animation program.. do not set them to zero!), and not look as tacky.

    PS- Personal agenda: Foxes are highly overrated.
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  • UnknownUnknown Join Date: 1970-01-01 Member:
    edited June 2004
    <!--QuoteBegin-Talesin+Jun 28 2004, 12:41 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Talesin @ Jun 28 2004, 12:41 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> PS- Personal agenda: Foxes are highly overrated. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->That's your opinion, and I'll respect that. Thanks for the help, though. I thought the limit was a lot hi--oh, I'm mixing it up with the file attachment limit. My bad. x_x
    (I'm no noob, just Revolver on a new name).

    //edit
    Until then, go substitute non-animated sig!
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  • TalesinTalesin Our own little well of hate Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7710NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators
    Looks like your wait tags are set at roughly 20ms. If ImageReady allows you to directly edit the tags, check if it's using a global wait header as at that point the individual waits will just add on. Blurring will help that a lot, in either case.
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  • GlissGliss Join Date: 2003-03-23 Member: 14800Members, Constellation, NS2 Map Tester
    edited June 2004
    Basically what you're trying to do is animate your avatar with a moving grid? What about your sig?

    Regarding the new name, you could just ask an admin to change your name instead of just making a new account.

    I could do the grid thing in the avatar if you send me the original file without the grid. It's sort of difficult if I have to delete it myself.
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  • UnknownUnknown Join Date: 1970-01-01 Member:
    edited June 2004
    No, I'm trying to smooth out the animations in my sig. Enough of the grid is covered up by the fox in my avatar to where it doesn't really matter. I've got the grid set up, but it looks a bit...jerky. I tried it in a faster version as a .swf and it looks nice and smooth, but when I exported it as a .gif it really started chugging.
    20ms? Odd, the tags <i>should</i> be at 5ms, not sure why they were slowed. That would explain why it looks jerkier here. So I just gotta speed it up and trim the size...no big...thanks for the help.

    //edit
    And here's what I'm trying to fix, pjofsky:
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  • GlissGliss Join Date: 2003-03-23 Member: 14800Members, Constellation, NS2 Map Tester
    Did you make it Photoshop? I need the PSD or something.
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  • UnknownUnknown Join Date: 1970-01-01 Member:
    edited June 2004
    <!--QuoteBegin-pjofsky+Jun 28 2004, 01:35 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (pjofsky @ Jun 28 2004, 01:35 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Did you make it Photoshop?  I need the PSD or something. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    What else? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    Er...how can I send it to you?
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  • Fox_OneFox_One Join Date: 2003-01-15 Member: 12310Members
    edited June 2004
    Also, how can I change my name?
    Can an admin delete Fox One then change my name to Fox One?
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  • GlissGliss Join Date: 2003-03-23 Member: 14800Members, Constellation, NS2 Map Tester
    edited June 2004
    <!--QuoteBegin-Fox One+Jun 28 2004, 10:36 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Fox One @ Jun 28 2004, 10:36 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-pjofsky+Jun 28 2004, 01:35 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (pjofsky @ Jun 28 2004, 01:35 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Did you make it Photoshop?  I need the PSD or something. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    What else? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    Er...how can I send it to you? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    pjofsky@gmail.com

    Also, contact a forum ADMIN (aka Nemesis Zero, coil, Marik_Steele, one of those peoples) and ask them. Usually they'll do it.
    Yeah, they can delete it and change it.
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  • Fox_OneFox_One Join Date: 2003-01-15 Member: 12310Members
    Mail's been sent. Thanks again for the help!
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  • GlissGliss Join Date: 2003-03-23 Member: 14800Members, Constellation, NS2 Map Tester
    Here. If you want it slowed down I can fix that.
    Also (I can change this back), I removed the blue border so now you can use this sig on any forum you go, if you do.
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  • TalesinTalesin Our own little well of hate Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7710NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators
    Youch. That's even jerkier than before, pjofsky. Did you cut out some of the frames of animation? Looks like it's skipping in at least two points of its cycle.
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  • GlissGliss Join Date: 2003-03-23 Member: 14800Members, Constellation, NS2 Map Tester
    <!--QuoteBegin-Talesin+Jun 28 2004, 07:05 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Talesin @ Jun 28 2004, 07:05 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Youch. That's even jerkier than before, pjofsky. Did you cut out some of the frames of animation? Looks like it's skipping in at least two points of its cycle. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Really? Strange. I made the grid 4 pixels apart from each other, and then for the animation, I just moved it 4 pixels up, so it looks the same when it restarts. Strange.
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  • TalesinTalesin Our own little well of hate Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7710NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators
    You missed a final frame of animation. Without it (currently) it looks like it jerks back to the starting position if you watch it closely.
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  • jumpingjodajumpingjoda Join Date: 2003-12-14 Member: 24367Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    And it is still over 22kb <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> .
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  • GlissGliss Join Date: 2003-03-23 Member: 14800Members, Constellation, NS2 Map Tester
    edited June 2004
    Everything fixed, but the quality is pretty low.
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  • jumpingjodajumpingjoda Join Date: 2003-12-14 Member: 24367Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    The movement still apears cut.
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  • Fox_OneFox_One Join Date: 2003-01-15 Member: 12310Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-jumpingjoda+Jun 30 2004, 01:21 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (jumpingjoda @ Jun 30 2004, 01:21 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> The movement still apears cut. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Yeah...
    Also I changed styles a little (still over 22, though :/)
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  • jumpingjodajumpingjoda Join Date: 2003-12-14 Member: 24367Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    I optimized it for you.
    Delited one not needed layer and frame(makes it run smoother), allso adjusted the quality to fit 22kb.
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  • Fox_OneFox_One Join Date: 2003-01-15 Member: 12310Members
    Wow! Thanks!
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  • TalesinTalesin Our own little well of hate Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7710NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators
    Might want to double-check that 'un-needed' frame... the new one still jerks, though nowhere near as bad as the old one.
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